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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spider, grasshopper, food), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:6:39 # text = When the spider saw the grasshopper had arrived and was busily engaged dancing, being very hungry he stole off by himself to the room where the food was and put his hand into the pot. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grasshopper grasshopper NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 busily busily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the spider | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **arrive** | past · perfect | the grasshopper | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **engage** | participle | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | the grasshopper *not said here* | engaged dancing | | | | busily *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | the grasshopper *not said here* | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **steal off** | past | grasshopper | | | | | by grasshopper; to the room | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | the food | | | the pot | | grasshopper's hand *obj*; put *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/40/) - ↑ back to [Vii.--how Two Friends Fell Out: the Spider and the Grasshopper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/6/)